I love it when individuals decide that they know what is important and worthy of inclusion, as opposed to the mindless masses. Because that's such a healthy way to ensure an open, neutral, and comprehensive encyclopedia.
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Tarc Meridian <t...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I think that is a very dismissive misreading of the discussion. > > Some people have it in their heads that "appears in reliable sources > equates to article-worthiness", but the problem here is that the doings of > celebrities is covered in excruciating detial by the media, including what > tey eat, the clothes they wear, and so on. Same for some politicians, such > as every Thanksgiving some poor sod gets to stand outside the White House > gate and breathlessly report what is on the President's table, or at XMas > the reports of what the First Family bought each other. Reliably sourced? > Yes. Encyclopedic worthiness of "White House Thanksgiving 2009 Dinner > Table" ? None at all. > > > > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:02:46 +0100 > > From: t...@tommorris.org > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] crazy deletionists! > > > > On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 at 10:15, Svip wrote: > > > I can't believe _I_ am not the ultimate ruler on what is valuable > > > enough to get on Wikipedia. It seems most of the delete comments on > > > the Justin Bieber article are mostly people who dislike Justin Bieber. > > > > > > Surely Lady Gaga on Twitter[3] should be deleted as well? Or perhaps > > > that is different, because they like Lady Gaga more than they like > > > Justin Bieber. > > > > > > [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga_on_Twitter > > > > To be fair, 'Ashton Kutcher on Twitter' is also up for deletion too. In > both the Kutcher and Bieber case, there's a lot of "I don't like it, > therefore it can't be notable!" > > > > I just cannot see any legitimate argument for deletion being presented. > They all basically boil down to "don't like it!" > > > > -- > > Tom Morris > > <http://tommorris.org/> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l